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THE BELIEF Of LTJCKNOW. The latest news ...
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WALKER! Walker has escaped, with his exp...
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— T A THE t . •¦ » ™ - fare 406 , JanuaST 2 , 1856 .
The Belief Of Ltjcknow. The Latest News ...
THE BELIEF Of LTJCKNOW . The latest news from India is of a more purely satisfactory nature than had been received by several preceding mails . The extrication of our women and children from their perilous state of siege in the beleaguered Besidency of Lucknow , is an event that will have been hailed throughout the . fend with a feeling of thankfulness as deep S was the sterner sense of joy that greeted Se announcement of the full of Delhi . A result that was felt to be well worth any sa-Sifice , has not , of course , been achieved wfthout very considerable losses ; it required Te days of . hard fighting . to obtam foru . ; -even . a . temporary possession of the Uu . de capital . - The present Comman der-in-Chief Sndia had long earned for himself the ^ character of a careful general and a skilful Jactician ; and the whole tenor of his operations evinces a desire to be as chary as possible of throwing away valuable lives Sir Colin ' s mode of approaching , and forcing his way throug h densely populated suburbs , appears to have been-hkejudic . —
ouslv planned ana scientiuumij o ~< r ~« - — - well knew , that a formidable enemy was to be encountered on his own chosen vantage cround ( for nowhere does the Asiatic fight so well as in crowded streets , or sheltering enclosures ) , and no precaution was neglected that might tend to ensure success . ± he resistance of the insurgents was most
determined . At no period of the campaign nave the mutineers exhibited greater obstinacy in maintaining their positions . This desperate tenacity , indeed , has in a marked degree characterized the rebellion since the mam contest was transferred to the native soil ot the Seoov in Oude . Some censure has-been lor
hinted against the Commander-in-Chiei having rashly exposed himself in the assault on Lucknow ; as evidenced by the fact that he , and also several of his staff , figure in the list of wounded officers . As a general rule , there is no denyiug the position laid down by those who blame Sir Colin m this particular . We believe , however , that the ocj _ i a . J \ . llir ™ oi » i » or » r . ftri JL Oeinaiu *
casion was one u « , y » , «» - - parture from the laws of routine ; and we rest assured that Sir Colin Campbemmerely obeyed a similar conviction . A cautious leader , and , as we have already intimated , a skilful tactician—a man , too » _ ' :, vUt- well linve tempered migii - j
Wnoae yuura « «»• - _ . youthful rashness , no carpet knight , whose spurs were yet to win , but a soldier oi approved personal bravery—would hardly have abted as our Indian chief is reported to have done , unless he had been fully satisfied in his own mind that the leader's immediate preeence was indispensable at the post ot We have spoken above of the British occupation—that is , the lately achieved recovery of Lucknow—as being , perhaps , only atia oumj
temporary . In truth , the mam opv . , most urgent end of Sir Colin Campbjsll s hasty departure for the scene of action , was attained as soon as he had rescued and placed in safety the burdensome convoy of sick ana wounded , women , children , and camp followers that were congregated in the Residency and at the Allumbagh . These are now out-of-harm ! 8 ^ way ,-bei « g ^ safejy _ 4 [ sp ^ sed , of at Cawnpore . But we are already beginning mistake iauen into
to realize the great uy those who fancied that the warlike population of Oude could be subdued with a force of little more than 10 , 000 effective troops ; or even that such a force could permanently hold its chief city , whilst all the surrounding country was up iu arms against us . It we may trusb the view of tilings adopted by the Calcutta journals iuat received ( and it certainly appoura to be a very just view ) , the
! I Commander-in-Chief had before him a choice of two distinct evils . Either he could , while theZ was yet time , relinquish his dangerous acquisition of Lucknow , and retire upon Cawnpore ; or he might fortify himself in one or more positions , and stand a s . egeiust as Outram and Havelock did before ; J onlv minus their non-combatant encumbrances-pending the advent of further reinforcements . . Of these two courses , the former would certainly involve a manifest losT of prestige j whilst the latter would entail th ? ill effect of isolating the chief milltarv authority at a period when his counsels S bernoJt in request . Sir Colin is reported to have applied for definite orders on fhis head . Iu the meantime all available troops are being pushed on towards the ; Noith-West , as quickly as circumstances will allow ^ he milttaToterations in Central India do not vet exhibit any features of great interest- " and in Rohilcund the mutineers still j exercise uncontrolled authority It is gene-L rally said that the regiments in Lower Bengal disbelieve the reduction of Delhi ; and it i . * j j _ i . i . V . Hs-isi ^»> -k » v % t" \ oniAQ CiT TJL 1 6 tuai ine 1
is certai n " » CC Wu'r «» -r 34 th N I ., whom the tortuous policy ot the Calcutta bureaucracy insisted on maintaining ( in arms ) at Chittagong , when their brethren were disbanded at Barrackpore , broke out iu mutiny on the 10 th of November , and inarched against Dacca . We are truly sorry n notice a General Order , purporting . to
emanate from the Commander-lu-unier , in which the most ridieulous distinctions are attempted to be drawn between individual Sepoy s absent and others present with their Vegiments , between those who purposely and those who accidentally ex-LJed their leave , between those who were oi
more and those who were less guilty rebellion . If one tenth part of the exemptions founded on such subtleties should ever come to be recognized , the whole moral of the Great Bengal Mutiny will have beeu for ever lost . It is even alleged that some of the disarmed regiments are being red rilled bodily . Can this be true ? It it be true , it monstrous j
is certainly ; uuu » o «« " hope that , at the proper time and place , such questions may be propounded to the Indian Executive at home as will elicit the authority under which such a suicidal absurdity has been perpetrated .
Walker! Walker Has Escaped, With His Exp...
WALKER ! Walker has escaped , with his expedition , from the vigilance of the United States officials , has landed , and is again in full career on the field of Central America . I his time the truth is too transparent for our Jingnsn writers to be prepared with any direct accusation of the United States Government ; they limit their attacks to Walker , but write at President Buchanan and his coad-^ . 4- «« o i . « r . lvino- nil kinds of censure because
, Walker has left one part of the American continent for another . Now there is not only a total absence of any case against the United States Government , but there really is nothing very serious to complain ot in the whole affair . Let us see what Walker baa done . , His latest adventure is really up to the TigliFnlil > u ! fcoi ^^ U ^ - ^ A ,., ;* K / % ii +. n lanofiiv rPftftlvitullltion of lllS
ship without exciting a second look irom watchers ou board . The innocent newcomer makes her quiet way right up to 'Scott ' s Wharf , opposite Greytown , and then , iu the full light of day , ' General Walker , late President of the State of Nicaragua , & c , lands with one hundred heavilyarmed men—having previously landed titty at the mouth of the Colorado . And there he is , in spite of treaties , and neutrality laws , and Mr . Buchanan's message . mi j ^ t * tl , ( - mamni on nrA flllltO OXui —¦
was an end of him . Very good . We wait for the next number of the romantic tale without a particle of misgiving as to its interest being sustained . I Behold ! It is May in New Orleans and to all it is notorious that our hero—yes , Filibuster Walker-is boldly and rapidly organizing another expedition to Nicaragua But the tfsk is the work of months , and it has gone on uninterruptedly till September is reached Then there is some talk among the administrates of such work being supposed to be going forward , and that it is against the laws , and , therefore , must be looked tonay in consequence of some uneasy repre- sentations made by the Central American Ministers at Washington , positive orders are directed to be given to prevent the landing of the supposed expedition on the Nicaraguan coast The orders are very soon issued to the officials concerned at the ports ot New York , New Orleans , & c , calling upon them to use their utmost vigilance to prevent any infringement of the neutrality laws by an expedition < so manifestly prejudicial to the national character , and so injurious to the . national interest . ' The officials all stand
upon the q , Ui vive ; above all , no precious time is lost by them in looking after this nefarious undertaking . By the 11 thi ot November-our hero having t » ° sHvc ° mpleted his work of preparation—the United States Marshal has him before the United States Circuit Court at New Orleans and ¦ _ . l _ i . „ \ -. ~\ A t-n Kail in the sum Ot J \) w )
dollars to appear in five days from that tune to answer for his present conduct Our hero gives the required surety and—like a bold filibuster as he is—in less than twenty-four hours is on his way to Nicaragua . The American coast is guarded by Cxoveruj _ z ^ . ^^ ,. fho filibuster chief goes a
little out of his way , and altogether out ot theirs , and safely embarks wit ]\ ° . lm £ ' dred and fifty followers , armed to the teeth , at Mobile . In due course , he nears the tempting land . He tries the Colorado ; but for some cause not stated , his vessel cannot enter that river . The San Juan , then , is the onlv inlet : but in the port of Punta
tne Arenas lies the United States sloop ot war Saratoga . Can a filibuster be without an expedient ? His little ship boldly approaches ; she has ten men upon her—the most unlikely-looking men you cau conceive ; she nasses close under the stern of the
watchx ne i / oriiio vi iiiuu ^ muw q w . •» -j plicit . Mr . Buchanan says : — " It is one of the flrat and highest duties of any independent state in its relations with the member * of the great family of nations to restrain Ita people from . acts of hostile aggreasion against their citizens or Bubjeots . The most eminent writer , on public law do «* Jjj " » te to denounce such hostile acts as robbery and murder . Let us ask ourselves what Mr . Buchanan -could-do . ?~ .-W . e . judgeJjese J nattersjboo much by the standard of our own manners ana bucu
previous doings , that Walkkb ' b fortunes were not very long ago represented aa being about aa bad as they could be . Hia expedition had failed . Hia men had deaerted him , and returned to their homes—those who had any—in starving and ragged knots . As tor himself , the prevailing belief waa that , by aome means , he had found hia way to the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico , aud there
customs . Here in Jiingiana , « »»»» - Walkbb would have no chance . Ihe only thing he could do to make a stir would be . to got up a more tremendous Jomt-Stocit Banking swindle than any we have yet seen ; but , at the beat , the thing could not bo done with any great amount of true fihbuatenng dash . If , leaving Joint-Stock ewiudhng to men of delicate health nnd leaa dnrwg spirits ,
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 2, 1858, page 12, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_02011858/page/12/
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